Definition of Pycnidia. Meaning of Pycnidia. Synonyms of Pycnidia

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Definition of Pycnidia

Pycnidia
Pycnidium Pyc*nid"i*um, n.; pl. Pycnidia. [NL., fr. Gr. ? crowded.] (Bot.) In certain fungi, a flask-shaped cavity from the surface of the inner walls of which spores are produced.

Meaning of Pycnidia from wikipedia

- A pycnidium (plural pycnidia) is an a****ual fruiting body produced by mitosporic fungi, for instance in the order Sphaeropsidales (Deuteromycota, Coelomycetes)...
- with an opening at the apex (pycnidia). Four form-families can be distinguished. Sphaeropsidaceae are fungi with pycnidia dark colored, leathery to carbonous...
- Enchylium conglomeratum exhibits lecanorine apothecia and immersed, globose pycnidia, indicative of both ****ual and a****ual reproductive strategies. Despite...
- tissue. The fruiting structures are spherical with an opening at the apex (pycnidia) or are disc-shaped (acervuli). The formation of conidia in a fruiting...
- Septoria are ascomycete pycnidia-producing fungi that cause numerous leaf spot diseases on field crops, forages and many vegetables including tomatoes...
- characterized by necrotic blotches on the foliage. These blotches contain a****ual (pycnidia) and ****ual (pseudothecia) fructifications. A****ual state (anamorph, a****ual...
- a small hole at the top called perithecia (singular: perithecium), and pycnidia (singular: pycnidium), shaped like perithecia but without asci (an ascus...
- the host bark, which exposes the pycnidia below. These pegs also produce pycnidia that are smaller than the pycnidia in the stroma. While different in...
- hair-like cilia along their edges. Both apothecia (****ual fruiting bodies) and pycnidia (a****ual fruiting bodies) also occur along the edges of the lobes. The...
- diagnosed by the presence of small black pycnidia which occur on the edge of the leaf lesions. The presence of these pycnidia allow for this disease to be distinguished...